Tennessee Academic Vocabulary Words for Kindergarten, First, and Second Grades

English/Language Arts Words:

Kindergarten	First Grade	Second Grade
Alphabet	Blend	Adjective
Author	Capitalization	Adverb
Illustrator	Character	Pronoun
Beginning	Setting	Dictionary
Ending	Consonant	Encyclopedia
Consonant	Vowel	Fiction
Vowel Drawing Fairy Tale Letter Letter sound relationship Picture Book Poem Story Song Print Retell Rhyme Sentence Speech Title Uppercase (Capital) Lower Case Word Period Question Mark Exclamation Point Read	Fantasy Illustrate Sequence Predict Punctuation (e.g., comma, quotation, etc.) Question Statement Reality Syllable Vocabulary Media (e.g., book, video, film, illustration) Summarize Information Noun Verb Compound Word	Nonfiction Folktale Fables Discussion Main idea Message Predicting Prewrite Draft Edit Publish Author’s purpose Table of contents Glossary Singular Plural Plot Punctuation (e.g., comma, semi-colon, etc.) Base (root) word Prefixes Suffixes

Mathematics

Kindergarten Addition Afternoon Calendar Cardinal Number Classify Compare Date Difference Dime Hour Location Minus Morning Nickel Number Order Ordinal number Pattern Penny Position Quarter Shapes Sort Subtraction Sum Time Today Tomorrow Value Yesterday Zero

First Grade Data Digit Direction Equal to Estimate Even Graph Greater than/less than Half-hour Horizontal Length Measure/measurement Minute Month Number sentence Numeral Off One-half Part Place value Plus Ruler Skip count Solve Symbol Total Unit (standard/non-standard Vertical Week Weight, scales Whole Whole number Year

Second Grade Associative property Base-ten system Commutative property Dimensions Distance Dollar Elapsed time/time interval Equivalent Event Expanded form Extend Foot Fraction Inch Interpret Kilogram Likely/unlikely Meter/centimeter Multiplication One-fourth One-third Outcome Perimeter Pound Quarter-hour Reflect Rotate Second (time) Set Symmetry Table Transformations Transitive Translate Unknown Yard

Science

Kindergarten Air Animal Change Cloud Collect Color Day/night Food Growth Moon Natural Observe Ocean Parts Seasons Senses Shape Size Soil Solid/liquid Star Sun Temperature Thermometer Tools Water Weather

First Grade Adult Balance Classify Environment Extinct Freezing Heat Insect Invent Investigate Life cycle Light Living/non-living Location Magnet Matter Mixed Planet Plant Precipitation Prediction Property Push/pull Shelter Texture Weather data

Second Grade Celsius/Fahrenheit Compare/contrast Depend Dissolve Distance Earth resource Energy Evaporation Fossil Habitat Infer Investigate Observation Offspring Organism Parent Reasoning Renewable/non-renewable Scientific inquiry Scientist Similarities/differences Sound Temperature pattern Type Universe Vibration

Social Studies

Kindergarten	First Grade	Second Grade
Celebration Family Holiday Honesty Human Job Leader Community Map Globe Rules Respect Neighborhood Transportation Tennessee United States of America Vote Computer Wants Basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) Cooperation Pledge President	Citizen City State Country Continent Ocean Election Equality Equator Flag History Independence Law(s) Governor Past Present Future Rights Responsibilities Veteran(s) Technology Language Culture Values Patriotic	Authority Climate County Custom Conflict Decision Duty Growth Government Justice Landmark Privilege Qualifications Rural Urban Services Goods Settlement Symbol Tradition Volunteer Time line Contribution Economy Consumer Producer Events History Natural resources River Map key